Liberman: Government has ‘no right to exist,’ there must be elections

In an apparent change of course, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman says the time has come for the country to go to the polls for a new government.

“I gave the government credit for five months, but after the last ten days, the government has no right to exist and we must have elections,” the opposition lawmaker tells Army Radio.

“The government is unable to lead the people of Israel when three of its members are unable to come together with one message. This is the end of its path,” Liberman says, an apparent reference to the potential coalition crisis over the drafting of members of the ultra-Orthodox community.

Liberman addresses war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, saying that he expects him and his National Unity party to announce that “this government is finished.”

In January, Liberman said that the country “needs unity” and that he believed elections were divisive.